Just a broken down cowboy all down on his luck Been through the best of his friends On a long lonesome highway in an old pick-up truck Cross Texas like a hot dusty wind He was All Around Cowboy back in forty-nine From the top it's been a long way down Since the whiskey and the women started winning his time They rode him high and hard to the ground He remembers the thrill of being a winner And the days of his first rodeo There's something 'bout winnin' that don't last forever Maybe tomorrow things will get better If the devil lets loose of his soul He'll be the All Around Cowboy again So he rolls up a smoke and he sips his Old Crow Wipes the whiskers that cover his chin And he grins as he dreams of old rodeos He's the All Around Cowboy again He remembers the thrill of being a winner And the days of his first rodeo There's something 'bout winnin' that don't last forever Maybe tomorrow things will get better If the devil lets loose of his soul He'll be the All Around Cowboy again